General Pest Control
Spiders, crickets, silverfish and stray roaches. Quarterly treatment around the house keeps them outside.
Learn more about general pest »Common Pests in Grand Prairie
Mosquito ControlJoe Pool Lake coves and creek bottoms keep the season long.
Scorpion ControlRocky, wooded lots near the lake are scorpion habitat.
Termite ControlNew slabs and older ones on clay both need termite protection.
Wasp and Hornet RemovalLakefront patios and boat docks draw paper wasps all summer.
What Drives Pest Problems in Grand Prairie
Grand Prairie is long and narrow, and its southern end wraps around Joe Pool Lake. That part of the city has more in common with Cedar Hill than with the older neighborhoods north of I-30. Lynn Creek Park and Loyd Park sit right on the water, and wooded coves cut back into the neighborhoods.
Mosquitoes are the first complaint near the lake. Backwater coves, flooded edges after storms and the shaded creek corridors give them plenty of places to breed. Homes in the Lake Ridge area, which straddles the Grand Prairie and Cedar Hill line, see a long season.
The land around the lake is rocky and wooded in places, close to the edge of the escarpment. Striped bark scorpions, roof rats and wasps are more common there than on the flat prairie neighborhoods further north.
Newer subdivisions built on cleared land often see a burst of fire ants, field mice and scorpions in the first few years, as the animals that lived on the open ground look for new cover. Fresh slabs also need their termite pre-treatment to hold up, and landscaping projects can disturb it.
North Grand Prairie has older housing on clay with the same termite and roach patterns as Duncanville and Oak Cliff.
Pest problem in Grand Prairie? Get a price by phone.
(469) 286-0478Where We Cover in Grand Prairie
Coverage includes the neighborhoods near Joe Pool Lake, Lynn Creek Park and Loyd Park, the Lake Ridge area along the Cedar Hill line, and the subdivisions off Lake Ridge Parkway and Camp Wisdom Road, in Dallas, Tarrant and Ellis counties. If you're in 75052, 75054 and 75104, call and you'll be connected with a local exterminator for your address.
How It Works
You call and describe what you're seeing and where. You get connected with a local exterminator who covers Grand Prairie. They talk through the problem, give you a no-obligation estimate by phone, and can often get to urgent jobs the same day.
Grand Prairie Pest Control Questions
Do you cover all of Grand Prairie?
The closest coverage is south Grand Prairie near Joe Pool Lake. Call with your address and the person on the phone will confirm.
Why are mosquitoes so bad near Joe Pool Lake?
Open lake water is not the main source. The coves, flooded low spots and shaded creek corridors around it are.
We just moved into a new build. Why so many bugs?
Construction clears the land, and the insects and rodents that lived there look for new cover. It usually settles down after a season or two of treatment.
